COLUMBIA, S.C. — Violent protests broke out Saturday in South Carolina over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck.
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said at a news conference that four of his officers were hurt, one seriously, and sent to a hospital for treatment.
In Charleston, hundreds participated in protests throughout the historic coastal city, flooding onto Interstate 26, defacing a Confederate statue near The Battery along the peninsula’s southern edge and flipping tables in the historic market area.
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